I've used Vonage as my primary phone service for about 5 years. I've had an 800 number that's followed me in two states and four cities. I give it to everybody as my primary contact number. I can forward that number to any number of my choosing. My voicemail goes to email. I can create any number of virtual numbers with any area code that I want. For an extra $5 a month, I could get a soft phone to make calls from my laptop. It's not really worth it for me, since I don't travel that much, and my cell phone is much more convenient.
Am I missing something? What else does Google Voice have that Vonage doesn't?
The only thin that Google Voice seems to do that Vonage doesn't is filter your incoming calls based on rules. That would be handy, but not the "killer app".
What else does Google Voice have that Vonage doesn't?
In addition to the rule-based filtering that you mentioned, surprisingly decent (and searchable) automatic voicemail transcription and the ability to send/receive SMS to/from the Google Voice number. And, with the exception of outbound calling, it's all free.
The only thing that Google Voice seems to do that Vonage doesn't is filter your incoming calls based on rules. That would be handy, but not the "killer app".
Hmm, I think this may indeed turn out to be a killer app. Guess we'll find out soon enough.
I've used Vonage as my primary phone service for about 5 years. I've had an 800 number that's followed me in two states and four cities. I give it to everybody as my primary contact number. I can forward that number to any number of my choosing. My voicemail goes to email. I can create any number of virtual numbers with any area code that I want. For an extra $5 a month, I could get a soft phone to make calls from my laptop. It's not really worth it for me, since I don't travel that much, and my cell phone is much more convenient.
Am I missing something? What else does Google Voice have that Vonage doesn't?
The only thin that Google Voice seems to do that Vonage doesn't is filter your incoming calls based on rules. That would be handy, but not the "killer app".